May 30, 2024 · The Basel accords refer to a series of three sequential international banking regulation agreements (Basel I, II and III) set by the Basel committee on bank supervision …

The Council has today adopted a regulation prohibiting products in the Union market that are made using forced labour. The text forbids the placing and making available on the Union …

The European Council and the Council of the EU are the house of the member states. Find out how they influence life in the EU.

Feb 25, 2025 · Schengen is the name of a small village in Luxembourg, on the border with Germany and France, where the Schengen Agreement and the Schengen Convention were …

A useful geo-political map of the 27 member states of the European Union. It also includes a small map of non-continental and overseas territories of the member states and national flags. 2020, …

What is the GDPR? The EU general data protection regulation (GDPR) is the strongest privacy and security law in the world. This regulation updated and modernised the principles of the …

Feb 28, 2025 · How much are EU member states spending on defence? How much of the EU budget is spent on defence? Does investing more in defence bring to a more competitive EU?

The Council is an essential EU decision maker and is also responsible for coordinating policy, developing the EU's common foreign and security policy, concluding international agreements …

May 11, 2024 · What is the European Green Deal? The Green Deal is the EU’s growth strategy to create a cleaner and healthier Europe.

António Costa is the President of the European Council. Prior to that, he was the Prime Minister of Portugal between November 2015 and April 2024.